Shows with gay characters could lose Florida tax credits

[FLAprogressive]

MIAMI -- Florida lawmakers are considering a "family friendly" bill that would deny tax credits to films and television shows with gay characters in favor of those promoting traditional values.

The proposal, which has fueled a heated controversy for its discriminatory nature, would increase current tax credits from 2 to 5% of production costs for shows considered "family friendly."

Those productions are defined as films or TV shows with a "cross-generational appeal" that includes a "responsible resolution of issues." Smoking, profanity, nudity and sex are also out, along with what the state's sex crime laws define as "obscene."

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2661030#ixzz0hgsz5s1L

[hobbit709]

1. Take your money out of Florida

Spend it elsewhere.

[Kurska]

6. Alot of gay people live in Florida, Gay Actors too, should we starve?

Texas doesn't have gay marriage laws, neither does Florida, but should people not spend their money in either place?

[donco6]

8. You'd better start butching up. n/t

[Lerkfish]

2. gee, it never sounds very "friendly" at all

when "family friendly" is used to justify bigotry

[CurtEastPoint]

3. More ideas from the Palin/Brown/Nutjob camp. If the GOP tried they couldn't be more stereotypical.

[soleft]

4. So the Golden Girls would have been denied tax credits

Brilliant.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. No, they were merely set in Florida

The actual making of Golden Girls happened in downtown Hollywood, California. Which shows how much we really need Florida.

[One_Life_To_Give]

7. Is it bad of me to cheer Global Warming?

An extra couple feet of sea water could do alot to wash the hate away.